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da ([personal profile] da) wrote2007-01-12 09:50 pm
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Shippy Shippy

Tracking packages is addictive.

The (ebayed, seriously discounted) SoundStation speakerphone I ordered for the Quaker Meeting is on a truck in Sacramento. ETA 5 days.

The (pleasantly affordable) 160gb disk upgrade for my laptop is in Vancouver. ETA also 5 days. 7 days from now, I should have 90gb free and a 100gb external drive in a tiny case.

*refresh* *refresh* *pout*

Now if only I had a tracking number for my briefcase. I haven't seen it since Sunday, and it's not in any of its usual storage-places. Anybody seen it?
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[identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com 2007-01-15 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
A few times, when I've made significant purchases (which I almost always have ship to me at work), I've set up a page that embeds the FedEx (or whichever shipper) tracking page in an iframe and refreshes it every 60 seconds. On a couple of occasion I've then set that up as my Active Desktop on my computer at work.

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2007-01-16 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Heh; that's... pretty hardcore. :)

I suppose I could do something similar with GeekTool (the mac daemon to embed something in the background.) Though, really, just refreshing the browser tab is also somewhat satisfying. :)

*sigh* The disk upgrade's a bust b/c I ordered the wrong disk... but at least I found my briefcase. That's something.
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